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- (No Model) S. S. RICHARDSON. GENTRIFUG'AL PUMP AND WATER WHEEL.

Nd. 289,559. Patented Dec. 4; 1883. I

shape of a paraboloid, with a bottom aperture,

UNITED STATES SAMUEL S. RICHARDSON, OF

PATENT OFFICE.

HArrY CAMP, CALIFORNIA.

CENTRIFUGAL PUMP AND WATER-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 289,559, dated December 4, 1883.

Application filed March 13, 1883. (No modeh) To all 2071,0771 itmay concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL S. RICHARDSON, of Happy Camp, county of Del N orte, State of California, have invented anImproved Gen-i trifugal Pump and Water-WVheel; and I here by declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof.

My invention relates to a new and useful centrifu gal pump and water-wheel and it consists in an inverted conoidal vessel axiallymounted Y and rotating, and having a bottom aperture submerged in a liquid, and in an annular water-wheel mounted above, and adapted to be rotated by the liquid thrown from the top of the conoid, together with details of construction, all of which will hereinafter fully appear.

The object of my invention is to elevate water for any suitable purpose, and by this operation to acquirepower to whatever degree and for whatever purpose may be found practical.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my centrifugal pump and water-wheel. Fig. 2 is a vertical section.

A represents any suitable water receptacle or reservoir, in which, for the purpose of mounting my device, I here showa vertical bearingstandard, a, provided with a socket or step in its top.

B is a conoidal vessel,preferably having the b, through which the standard a extends. This paraboloid has a central axis or shaft, 1), having arms I) supporting it. a It is shorter than the paraboloid, and pointed, in order to mount it accurately and delicately in the top of the standard a,whereby the base of the paraboloid is depressed within the water-receptacle below the level of the liquid. The interior surface of the paraboloid is provided with vertical flanges or ribs b Around the upper edge of the paraboloid, though distincttherefrom, is a stationary annular basin, 0, upon the inner rim of which are supported small posts 0, which support a plate or disk, D, in the center of which is secured an inverted conical pin or lug, d. The top of the central shaft, 11, of the paraboloid finds a bearing in the pin below, and the. shaft 6 of the water-wheel E is mounted in it above. This water-wheel E consists of superposed spaced rims of equal diameters, having between them laterally-concaved buckets e,

placed as closely together as possible and still admit the entrance of the water which is directed within their faces. The upper rim is connected with the shaft e by arms e", and both rims lie in the basin. The shaft 6 is journaled above in a suitable cross-beam, and carries a pulley, F. Another pulley, G, is formed upon or attached to the exterior of the paraboloid B near its base. This latter pulley is the driving-pu1ley, and the former, F, is the transmitting or delivering pulley.

The operation of this device is as follows: Power derived from any suitable source is applied to the pulley G in order to revolve the paraboloid B. It is known that if a cylindrical vessel containing a liquid be revolved the liquid will rise on the sides, its center hollowing out, and I have observed that the body of the liquid forms a parabolic conoid, or approximates it. I therefore make my vessel B of this shape at once, in order to operate with only the water needed, and not have any more weight than is necessary. This is my reason for preferring this form of vessel. A cylinder or any approximating form would answer, though not as well. By rotating the vessel with sufficient rapidity the water will rise above and be thrown over the top of the vessel,while more will be drawn in from below. This is further insured by reason of the ribs or flanges b, which cause the water to rotate with the vessel, Were it not for these it would have but a partial movement, and would not rise over the edge with as much certainty. As it is discharged from the top of the paraboloid the water rises from the reservoir through the bottom aperture, b. The water which is thrown from the top strikes the buckets e and rotates thewheel E The waste water is caught in the basin, and may be utilized for any suitable purpose. The power of the wheel E is transmitted through pulley F, and may be used for any purpose desired.

Having thus described my invention,whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The axially-mounted inverted conoid B, having a bottom aperture adapted to be submerged in a liquid, in combination with means for revolving saidconoid, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

0 2. The axiallyanounted inverted conoid B,

having a bottom aperture adapted to be submerged in a liquid, and the vertical flanges or ribs 1) upon its inner surface, in combination with a means for revolving said conoid, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

3. lhe 1iquid-receptaeleA, having standard a, and the inverted conoid 13, having bottom aperture, 1), and ribs or flanges b said conoid being axially mounted on standard a by means of a central shaft, b, and a means for revolving said conoid, in combination with an annular basin, 0, at its top, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

4:. The axially-mounted inverted conoid B, having a bottom aperture, 6, adapted to be submerged inv a liquid, and ribs or flanges b, and means for revolving said conoid, in combination with a water-wheel mounted above the conoid, and against the buckets of which the liquid thrown from the top of the revolving conoid is directed, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

5. The centrifugal pump and water-wheel, consisting of the axially-mounted inverted eonoid B, having a bottom aperture, 1), adapted to be submerged in a liquid, and vertical flanges b means for revolving said conoid, the stationary annular basin 0 at its top, supporting the plate or disk D, and the annular water-wheel E, having buckets e within the basin,- said wheel being mounted centrally upon the disk D, above the conoid 13, all arranged and operating substantially as herein described.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand.

SAMUEL S. RICHARDSON.

\Vitnesses:

E. WV. SKELTON, J. H. BLooD. 

